Today, October 1st is International Coffee Day. That's a good thing because I think I shall be drinking quite a lot of it over the next 36 hours or so. You see tomorrow, October 2nd is World Card Making Day and I plan to once again attempt to make 24 cards in 24 hours. That's design and make from scratch, twenty four different cards with decorated insides plus coordinating envelopes, all within a single twenty four hour period. Unfortunately before that happens I have to deal with a Bell ... VIEW POST
No Prince Or Princess To See Here
I suppose it's inevitable that when looking at a stamp set the first thing I see are the larger stamps. And even then it tends to be the images that catch my eye before the sentiments. It's only later if I end up buying it that I notice other things. This was precisely what happened with the Prince & Princess Stamp Set that I got with some Stampin' Rewards that I earned. The first thing I saw was the large frog and swan images, and only later was my eye drawn to the pretty spray of ... VIEW POST
Nature’s Harvest Coneflowers Again
Now autumn has definitely arrived in Nova Scotia and I'm enjoying watching the amazing transformation in the garden. It's the same when I travel around the area where the farmers get on with their harvest and begin to prepare for winter. So it's hardly surprising that once again I was drawn to autumn colours and the Nature's Harvest Stamp Set. Today my colour palette was all about warm red and orange. ACCIDENTAL COLOURS It may not be obvious from the main photo, but this colour scheme ... VIEW POST
Hand-Penned For A Simple Sunday Card
One of the first stamp sets I bought from the Stampin' Up! 2021/2022 Annual Catalogue was Hand-Penned Petals. There was something about the line-drawn floral images that I knew would inspire me. Fast forward a few months and I haven't been disappointed. I continue to pull out this set and the ideas keep on coming. To prove my point I've a new Hand-Penned Petals project for you today. In this simple Sunday project I used one of outline images for both the focal point and the ... VIEW POST
Decorative Masks For A Stencilled Background
Once again my determination to reorganise my craft studio has revealed an unused tool. Yesterday it was the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks that I found caught up in a stack of paperwork. These masks aren't new but they are in the current Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. They definitely hadn't seen ink so when I finally stopped to play they were the first things I reached for. I loved how easy they were to use and couldn't wait to turn the first one into a quick thank you card. INK PAD AND ... VIEW POST
Block Stamped Background Rediscovered
During my craft room reorganisation one of the things I love is rediscovering old projects. That's especially true when it reminds me of a technique or design that I haven't used in ages. Today's card came about as a result of one of those discoveries, and it's all about the block stamping technique. SIMPLE BLOCK STAMPING I began my project with a 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" piece of Shimmery White Card that I found among my scraps. Shimmery White Card takes water nicely so is a good choice for ... VIEW POST
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